Re: GV modem for //gs

[labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth)]

In article <7ni8ue$77f@news.dns.microsoft.com>, "Don Pattee"
<t-donpat@microsoft.com> wrote:

> There were modems that used ADB, there were modems that used the GeoPort,
> and then there were the regular serial (rs232/mini din) modems.
> The ADB modems lasted for only a very short length of time. They required a
> Mac with the special software "drivers" to make it work. These will not work
> with a GS
> Some modems plugged into the serial post _and_ the ADB port. These modems
> (designed for laptops) grabbed power from the ADB port. These will work with
> a GS.
Some of them I believe were a little too large to have been designed for a
laptop, but admittedly it did save power outlets (although their ADB
piggyback adaptor was notoriously loose and floopy in the ADB port on my
computer)
> The GeoPort modems won't work with the GS really. They use the same minidin
> serial connector, but there is an extra pin. I think the GeoPort came into
> vogue with the first generation PowerMacs, or maybe the later Quadra series?
The Quadra 660av/840av introduced it, they had just one GeoPort...then the
PowerMacs came along and had 2 GeoPorts. Not that it was ever capitalized
on in the least (The GeoPort telecom adaptor, 2 or 3 modems that drew
power from it, that's about all I can remember). As for using it in a non
GeoPort...uh, port, there is a lip of metal on the plug to prevent you
from doing so. Some of the GV modems (TelePort Gold II, offhand) drew
power from the GeoPort as well, rather than ADB or an AC adaptor.

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